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AVID R&D LLC

AVID R&D LLC is a Colorado-based consulting company focusing on engineering, research, and design.

DESIGN

Mechanical System Design

  • Design and analysis for mechanical and thermal/fluid systems

  • Design and construction of environmental systems including vacuum, inert gas, compressed air, and water cooling systems

  • Lumped parameter system modeling

 

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Computer Aided Design (CAD)

  • Mechanical design for machined parts, sheet metal, and more

  • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

  • Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM)

  • Manufacturing and production optimization

  • VBA macros for automating Solidworks and Microsoft Excel

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MODELING & SIMULATION

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Structural and Thermal Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

  • Static structural analysis for parts and assemblies

  • Harmonic and fatigue analysis

  • Steady state and transient thermal analysis

  • Coupled mechanical-thermal analysis

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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

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​Electromagnetics (EM)

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Discrete Element Modeling (DEM)

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OpenFOAM CFD Cyclone Analysis

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

RESEARCH

  • Materials science, metallurgy

  • Additive manufacturing

  • Scientific Coding (Matlab®)

    • Signal analysis

    • Image processing (Matlab®, FIJI/ImageJ)

    • Custom software for scientific computing

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ON-SITE SERVICES

  • Materials testing and sample preparation, XRD, XRF, optical and electron microscopy including EDS/BCCI/EBSD

  • Installation and management of laboratory spaces (metallurgy, etching, wet chemistry)

  • Experience with laser power bed fusion (SLS, SLM/DMLS) and fused filament fabrication (FFF/FDM) processes

  • Engineering safety (industrial and laboratory safety, laser safety, additive manufacturing)

SLM-processed Al 6061, color metallography and SEM fracture surface
Vacuum arc remelted (VAR) Ni 718 ingot using macro-photography, image stitching, and custom image processing algorithms

ABOUT

Dr. Trevor Watt started AVID R&D LLC in 2018 to provide consulting services in materials science, engineering analysis, prototype design, and scientific software. Dr. Watt received his M.S.E in mechanical engineering and Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and 2011, respectively. Prior to completing his Ph.D., he spent the first 13 years of his career at the Institute for Advanced Technology (IAT) conducting research on high-current electromechanical systems and studying the behavior of engineering materials in extreme environments.

After receiving his Ph.D. in 2011, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at The University of Texas’ Advanced Manufacturing Center where he studied the behavior of nickel superalloys, non-ferrous alloys, and laser sintering of polymers and metals. In 2015 he joined Stratasys where he worked as a material scientist, software developer, and mechanical designer for prototype additive manufacturing systems. In 2017 his group spun off Vulcan Laboratories, which focused on the development of a novel metal powder bed fusion (PBF) machine.

In 2018 he formed AVID R&D LLC to provide R&D support and prototype development for engineering and research organizations. He is the author or co-author of over thirty peer-reviewed journal articles, has presented at numerous national and international conferences, and is a licensed professional engineer in the branch of metallurgy (State of Texas license no. 118634).

CONTACT

info@avidrnd.com

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